My DS, who's 18 months old, just won't answer his name when we call him. As a matter of fact, he barely answers anything we say to him.
His hearing test was ok when he was born, but hasn't been tested since. He talks the limited few words he knows ('out there', 'nan nan', 'no', 'yeah', 'dada', 'gandad' - for grandad - 'aldair' - for Alfie, ILs dog)
Any thoughts? I never really noticed it because, and it pains me to say this, I work so much that I just don't notice things like that till someone mentions something (gosh that makes me sound like a horrible mother )
Does he respond to loud noises? Have you tried making eye contact before you talk to him?
Maybe get his hearing checked, but it could be an age thing (or boy thing lol). Sorry it's not much help, hopefully someone will be able to give you some better insight.
LJ you are not a bad mother, my precious girl
Do you call him by his name or do you have nicknames for him? DD knows her name but we call her that mostly, we have friends with a child the same age and they generally call her stuff like 'princess' and she doesnt respond specifically to her name. That said DD has some pretty serious selective hearing going on at the moment, so DS could be doing that! If W doesnt want to 'hear' his Mummy then he may very well be turning his ears off
Does he respond to noises and can he hear pinpoint where a noise is coming from? ie car out the front or back. He is definatley saying words that arent the normal 'non words' for want of a better term. DD didnt really start getting adventurous with words until about 18 months and its still often not understandable to others.
If you are super concerned in another few weeks, maybe see your Dr.
My DS was much the same. He is still a bit behind in his speech but the one thing that helped him the most was a CD full of kids songs. We played it every time we went in the car and sometimes, just as background noise at home. Within weeks there was a remarkable change in his speech. There isn't actualy anything wrong with my boy, we are mainly just a quiet family so that is why he is behind. If you are really worried that something is actually wrong, definately get him checked out. They tell you off more for not going in than for going in and finding nothing wrong (as I found out recently lol). Oh aqnd he also just didn't want to listen to me when I called him grr. HTH
DD, you are a fantastic mother, get those thought outta your head girl!
DP and I had to consciously stop calling DS "bubba" as he wasn't responding to his name. He does now, no probs and has just started saying it too!
Over the last few weeks I have fielded comments from well meaning friends and relatives about DS speech (or lack of) reccomending I go see someone now before it becomes a problem. I was all set to do so, find a speech therapist etc.. but in my gut/heart I knew there was nothing wrong, he is a boy, boys tend to be a bit slower on the speech side of things.Ds has always been a bit behind in everything, crawling, walking etc.. I figure he is just a bit behind with speech too.
But since we went away over easter with all DP's extended family and about 6 kids all up, we have come back witha chatterbox! he has acquired so many new words, even now saying sentences! all that over the course of a few days! could be that "word explosion" I've heard tell of.
anyway, just wanted to tell you that, as there are so many different types of normal, if you feel yourself that maybe, possibly, there could be something wrong then there is no harm in getting it checked out. HTH. xxx
You are not a bad mother DD - you are a concerned mother!
Lilydust is right - some of his words aren't the common words so that is a good sign.
Does he respond to instructions? For example "go and bring me your shoes" That is an indicator of receptive language when they can understand and follow instructions.
As for how many words he says at the moment, DD doesn't have that many either, but I am seeing a paed for her reflux, asthma etc so she is being monitored pretty closely for all her development. I am waiting for that "word explosion" you hear about too!
If you have any concerns I would get him checked out by your GP and get a referral to a speechie or paediatrician, I'm an early childhood teacher and have taught kindergarten so I see kids who's language skills are behind and if they had had a little intervention before they came to school then things would be much easier for the child.
I am sure he is ok, but it is hard not to worry as a mother - trust me - I know!
DD i would possibly just monitor if he is ok with other noises and if you feel he is than i wouldn't worry. DS2 he's nearly 2.5yrs old and has only really just started saying things in the last couple of months, he was always behind what the CHN wanted so i just stopped taking because he was infront with everything else but that never seemed to matter. I was worried for a time there but now he sits with DS1 and says words and spells them too with help of course, some kids are just slower at talking.
He responds when I go 'Uhuh!' and it's usually pretty loud. He responds when I point to where I want him to go. His other words are 'num num', 'Um', 'Shop', 'Chip', 'Op' - which I'm guessing is Oops, 'Eer' - for is his way of saying here but only says that when he's handing you something.
I'm personally not TOO concerned, it's DH that's way more concerned than me. His worry has now sorta passed onto me and I feel horrible because I work so much and I miss so much.
DS responds to his favourite music. I tested it out by playing a video he usually bops to on Youtube on silent and he didn't do any, but when the sound went on, he smiled and bopped like usual.
LD - We say bubba sometimes, and buddy, but doesn't respond to those either. We usually call him by his name and (and this is going to sound bad!) I've called him (only a couple of times!) dummy - but he usually just laughs at that and walks away
He was supposed to have his CHN appt today but she was sick so they have to reschedule and the hearing question was the biggest one I was going to ask
Sorry I didn't answer personally, I thought an answer to cover everyone was good because everyone said basically the same thing
Thanks again, I think I'm going to have to show this thread to DH
It sounds like he has a good number of words for his age, so taht's a good sign. I can't remember, but I don't think DS really responded to his name till later either... it might just be a 'thing'.
It seems amazing that your little baby is up and walking and talking now!
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